A Hell of a Time

From the Granny Jones Tarot, the Six of Cups; from the Button Oracle, Crossroads:

          Here's Granny as a child, enjoying an idyllic day of reading and play. She resembles Lewis Carroll's Alice, who fell down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. This comparison adds a bit of caution when we are drifting into the past, remembering happy, carefree days (or for some of us, dark, threatening ones). Nostalgia can be quite enjoyable unless it becomes a heavy suitcase we are constantly pulling behind us and checking its contents. When we cling to the memories - good or bad - of the past, we never move mindfully forward. We'll never lose any part of our history or be able to change it. But the Crossroads button suggests we have a choice: to keep focusing on our suitcase or drop the handle and look to the present.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time. ― Art Buchwald